Alert for Delhi motorists: Traffic restrictions for R-Day rehearsal begin today
January 22, 2016  08:38
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Major stretches in New Delhi and Central Delhi areas will be made out of bound for motorists from today evening in view of a full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade. 

The rehearsal for the parade shall start at 9.50 am on Saturday from Vijay Chowk. The parade shall take Rajpath, pass through India Gate area, and head towards Tilak Marg, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg and Netaji Subhash Marg to reach Red Fort by noon, after which all restrictions will come to an end.

"In order to facilitate the parade, the Rajpath stretch between Vijay Chowk and India Gate will be closed for general public from 6.30 pm today. By 11 pm, small stretches on both sides of intersections with Rafi Marg, Janpath and Man Singh Road will be blocked too for stopping the cross traffic," Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Sharad Agarwal said.

He further said that by 9.15 am on the following day, the C-Hexagon near India Gate will be blocked for motorists and in the next 45 minutes, restrictions will be put on both carriageways in Tilak Marg, leading to Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, Netaji Subhash Marg and Red Fort. 

However, cross traffic will be allowed in those roads, depending upon the movement of the parade, he said.
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